Collection: Reader Development

Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.

In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. The author exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today.

Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles is Margaret George's recreation of the life of one of history's greatest legends, who became Queen six days after her birth, and who was executed 44 years later on the orders of Elizabeth I.

This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics to his most well known songs, such as the nostalgic Auld Lang Syne, the romantic A Red, Red Rose, ...